RECRUITING

To Validate Point Mini User Needs

Description

The objective of the device feasibility study will be to validate the user needs of the Point Mini system. This study will be a single group intervention model where one group of 5 children with partial-hand upper limb loss will be asked to perform several tasks. Successful completion of a task results in a fulfilled user need. Failure to complete a task results in an unfulfilled user need.

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

The objective of the device feasibility study will be to validate the user needs of the Point Mini system. This study will be a single group intervention model where one group of 5 children with partial-hand upper limb loss will be asked to perform several tasks. Successful completion of a task results in a fulfilled user need. Failure to complete a task results in an unfulfilled user need.

To Validate Point Mini User Needs

To Validate Point Mini User Needs

Condition
Amputation; Traumatic, Hand
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Aurora

University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80045

Lafayette

Point Designs, Lafayette, Colorado, United States, 80026

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Partial hand loss with at least index and/or middle fingers loss at the MCP level
  • * Intact thumb with full range of motion
  • * Fluent in English
  • * Between the ages of 5 and 15 years
  • * Patients with a residual limb that is unhealed from the amputation surgery
  • * Unhealed wounds
  • * Significant cognitive deficits as determined upon clinical evaluation
  • * Significant neurological deficits as determined upon clinical evaluation
  • * Significant physical deficits of the residual limb impacting full participation in the study as determined upon clinical evaluation
  • * Uncontrolled pain or phantom pain impacting full participation in the study as determined upon clinical evaluation
  • * Serious uncontrolled medical problems as judged by the project therapist

Ages Eligible for Study

5 Years to 15 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Point Designs,

Levin Sliker, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, CEO, Point Designs

Study Record Dates

2025-10-03